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• Rescue From Crashed Aircraft 1945-1987 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £6.09   |  Saving you £-4.10 (-206.00%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A fascinating chronology of archive training films featuring staged demonstrations of the correct methods of Rescuing aircrew and passengers from crashed military and civilian aircraft. Locating the forcible entry break-in Points of a variety of classic aircraft and the tools used to gain access, this is both an in-depth look at the intricate Preparedness of rescue teams in the event of an emergency and a nostalgic reminder of when these now much Loved heritage aircraft types were in the frontline of active service. 1945 (6 mins) Various methods are used to gain entry to a crashed Lancaster bomber and carry out injured airmen featuring Close-up shots of the emergency hatch and break-in markings. A burning Anson is extinguished. 1957 (65 mins) Featuring emergency rescue procedures for the following aircraft Gloster Meteor, Gloster Javelin, Hawker Hunter, B-45 Tornado, Blackburn Beverley, Handley Page Hastings, Bristol Britannia, Avro Vulcan, Vickers Valiant, De Havilland Vampire and the English Electric Canberra. 1970 (57 mins) Featuring emergency rescue procedures for the following aircraft The Wasp, Scout, Wessex and Whirlwind helicopters. The Dominie T1 weapon systems training aircraft and the Vulcan and Victor Bombers Interceptor, Strike And Training Aircraft featured include the Phantom, Buccaneer, Lightning and the Harrier. Includes an ‘abandon aircraft’ drill and the deployment of rescue chutes and illustrates the emergency access Points of civil aircraft - the VC10, Andover, Bassett, Hercules and the Belfast. 1987 (52 mins) Illustrating forcible entry techniques and the correct procedures for the evacuation of crews and, where Applicable, passengers from Fighters and Trainer Aircraft the Bulldog, Jet Provost, Hawk, Tornado, Jaguar, Phantom, Harrier and the F-111. Passenger and Cargo Planes : the Jetstream, Dominie, BAE 146, Andover, Hercules, Nimrod and the Tri-Star. Helicopters the Gazelle, Wessex, Puma, Sea King and the Chinook.

• Gas Warfare of the First World War - 1914 - 1918 | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £2.39   |  Saving you £3.60 (60.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Battle of Ypres in April 1915 saw the first use of a terrifying new weapon in the squalid trench warfare of the First World War - Poison Gas! Unleashed by the Germans, most of the Allied troops were totally unprepared for the choking green chlorine clouds; clouds that wafted into their trenches wreaking havoc and carnage to all those who breathed in the deadly toxic fumes. The first Gas Masks were simply a scarf covering the nose and mouth soaked in urine to counteract the deadly fumes! The Allies were quick to respond with many variants of poisonous gas and innovative new ways of delivering it from the simple gas cannister and gas shell to the Livens Projectors that could deliver multiple salvoes of this ghastly weapon. Gas Masks were quickly improved on both sides. Unique footage from The Imperial War Museum takes us through the evolution of the gas mask and all the detoxification procedures that the troops had to go through as explained in graphic detail by celebrated military expert Major Tonie Holt. Allied troops were alerted of pending gas attacks by the Strombos horn, the Rattle, Gong or Triangle. Dug-outs and trenches had to be cleared of gas. Horses, dogs and local children had to be protected and there is an as yet unseen visit to the Boots Factory in Nottingham to witness the manufacture of thousands upon thousands of gas masks destined for the battlefront. We see both British and French Tank warfare where the crews inside these hot, dark, noisy beasts were forced to wear gas masks as well. Finally, the Germans introduced an even more wicked concoction - Mustard Gas that could cause blisters on the skin the size of a tennis ball. Bonus Feature: Gas Warfare Into the Second World War - the story continues into the Second World War and explores the preparedness to meet the fear that Germany and Japan would use poison gasses on civilian populations to achieve their goal.

• Britain's Railways At War: The Home Front Documentary Collection 1941-1946 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime role of railways on the British home front and Featuring a wonderful variety of period steam locomotives. NEWSPAPER TRAIN (1941, 6 mins) Even during the worst air-raids of the Blitz, with the railways as a prime Luftwaffe target, the railways Never failed to transport London printed newspapers to the provinces! SHUNTER BLACK'S NIGHT OFF (1941, 7 mins) Shunter, Joe Black, heroically extinguishes a burning explosives truck through a meticulous And delicate manoeuvre across the points of a goods yard to the water tower. THE ARMY LAYS THE RAILS (1941, 9 mins) Dedicated to the tracklaying and railway maintenance operations of the Royal Engineers Including an armoured train and the firing of the railway mounted 'Boche Buster' gun! DECONTAMINATION AND REPAIRS TO DAMAGED TRACK (1942, 20 mins) The equipment, precautions and procedures adhered to by a Southern Railway anti-gas team during a simulated gas attack on railway lines near West Hoathly, Sussex.